The
Nineteenth Amendment, called the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, was ratified
by Tennessee August 18, 1920. It became law August 26, 1920. Women in the
United States gained the vote in 1920 after 72 years of the LARGEST civil
rights movement in the history of the world.

DID YOU KNOW:
A little more than twenty years ago, married women in some U.S. States
did not have the right to manage their own property, and all household
property was deemed to belong to the husband upon divorce.

DID YOU KNOW:
Only a few short years ago, it remained legal in seven states for a husband
to rape his wife.

DID YOU KNOW:
In 1981, the Federal Work Incentive Program, three out of four of whose
participants were women, was required by law to give jobs preference to
men, who also received jobs paying an average of 34% more per hour.

Husbands
by law routinely were defined as "head of the household."

Hundreds
of laws overtly discriminated against women, and
thousands of laws discriminated in effect.